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RECetVEO 


AN  INTERESTING  MEMOIR 


JAMESTOWN  VOYAGE  TO  IRELAND. 


BY    THE    LATE 


R.  B.  FORBES. 


IILXjTJST:R,^^TEnD. 


BOS  T  0  N : 

J  A  M  E  S     B  .     C  r  I.  r.  E  X     &     C  ()  M  P  A  N  Y . 

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Copyright,  iS'JO, 
By  JA.ME>    15.   CULLEN. 


132065 


PUBIJSHEHS'  ANNOUNCEMENT. 


The  publishers  present  herewith  a  unique  l)it  of  literature  to  the 
public,  and  add  it  to  the  historical  collections  already  in  the  archives  of 
Massachusetts. 

This  authentic  memoir  is  from  the  pen  of  the  late  Capt.  Forbes,  in  his 
day  one  of  the  worthiest  and  best  respected  citizens  of  Boston. 

The  contents  of  the  book  are  of  solid  value,  and  of  interest  to  every- 
body. 

America  and  Ireland  are  old,  tried,  true,  and  loyal  friends;  these  two 
nations  are  united  in  bonds  of  love  and  sympathy  wliich  have  been 
strengthened  by  all  the  terrors  of  adversity  and  the  dreadful  sacrifice 
of  human  life  for  a  common  cause.  To-day,  the  international  intlueuces 
wielded  by  the  Irish  people  have  become  potent  factors  in  shaping  for- 
eign affairs,  and  the  sustaining  power  of  the  Irish  people  in  this  country 
is  the  life  of  the  Eepublic. 

An}'  event  which  has  alternateh'  made  a  beneficiary  of  either  the 
American  or  the  Irish  nation  is  of  world-wide  interest. 

*  In  1676,  Ireland  sent  supplies  to  the  starving  colonists  of  !Massachu- 
setts,  and  the  voyage  of  the  "  Jamestown,"  one  hundred  and  seventy 
years  later,  was  a  practical  demoustratinu  of  the  gratitude  of  the  Ameri- 
can people  The  story  is  well  told  in  the  following  pages  by  the  noble 
American  commander  who  guided  the  vessel  on  her  errand  of  mercy  into 
the  Irish  port,  during  that  eventful  famine-stricken  period. 

By  a  special  request  of  the  publishers,  Capt.  Forbes  wrote  this  suc- 
cinct story.  Ko  more  fitting  time  to  pay  a  just  tribute  to  his  memory 
has  come  than  the  present,  since  his  demise  is  of  recent  occurrence. 

We  are  convinced  that  the  professional  man,  the  merchant,  the  me- 
chanic, and  a  large  class  of  people  who  will  not  purchase  exhaustive  and 
costly  works  will  bid  this  piece  of  condensed  historical  information  a 
hearty  welcome. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 


See  "  The  Story  of  the  Irish  in   Eoston,"  Culleii,  pages  79,  80,  and  SI. 


SYNOPSIS  OF  roNTENTS. 


Washington's  birthday,  1847.  —  Congress  petitioned  on  behalf  of  Ireland.  —A 
joint  resolution  passed.  — The  frigate  "Macedonian"  loaned.  —  The  sloop-of-war 
"  Jamestown."  —  On  St.  Patrick's  Day  the  Laborers'  Aid  Society  stores  about  one 
thousand  tons  of  supplies  on  board.  — Sunday,  March  28.  — The  start  for  sea. — The 
]5ost(tn  Relief  Committee.  —The  tug  "  I\.  B.  Forbes."  —  Capt.  F.  W.  INIacondray.  — 
Capt.  James  Dumaresq  Farwell.  —  Dr.Luther  Parks.  —  The  crew  of  the  "  James- 
town."—A  sketch  of  the  ship. —  The  Rev.  R.  C.  Waterston  calls  attention  to  Ire- 
land's aid  to  America  in  1670.  —  An  account  of  the  "  Irish  donation."  —  Mr.  "Water- 
ston's  grateful  tribute  to  Ireland's  charity.— "  Cast  thy  bread  upon  the  waters,  for 
thou  shall  find  it  after  many  days."—  "  A  shijj-of-war  changed  into  an  angel  of  mercy." 

—  "  She  carries  witli  her  tlie  best  wishes  of  millions."  —  The  blessing.  —  Tlie  amount 
of  the  contributions  of  Irishmen  to  America  in  107(1.  —  "  "We  have  planted  in  the  Irish 
heart  a  debt  which  will  come  back  to  us  in  the  future,  bearing  fruit  crowned  with 
peace  and  good-will."  —  Capt.  Forbes  relates  the  particulars  of  the  voyage.  —  Good 
by,  Boston  Light.  —  Queenstown,  ho!  —  A  visit  from  Lieut. -Commander  Trotheral, 
of  Her  Majesty's  sliip  "  Crocodile."  —  A  nies.sage  from  Rear  Admiral  Sir  Hugli  Pigot. 

—  A  deputation  from  the  citizensof  Cove  of  Cork.  —  The  band  begins  to  play.  —  Cork 
illuminated.  —  The  meeting  of  Capt.  Forbes  and  Father  Mathew.  —  They  proceed 
to  C'ork  together. — A  banquet  at  the  Cove.  —  A  dinner  on  the  ''Crocodile."  — 
Capt.  Forbes  meets  the  Temperance  Institute  at  Cork.  —  Father  Mathew  pre- 
sides.—  Irisli  ladies.  —  Nine  days  at  Cork.  —  Capt.  Forbes  "at  home,"  from 
twelve  to  tlnee,  to  the  residents  of  Cork  and  Cove.  —  He  entertains  several  hun- 
dred liy  music  from  Father  iNIathew's  Temperance  Band,  a  barrel  of  Welsh  best 
ship-bread,  tianked  by  ice  from  Fresh  Pond,  lemonade,  and  a  sample  of  Mrs. 
Mayer's  hard  gingerbread.  —  Irish  ladies  dance  with  the  red-coats  and  blue-coats 
on  the  deck  of  tlie  ship.  —  Presented  witli  a  portrait  of  Fatlier  Mathew.  —  Capt. 
Forbes  invites  him  to  Boston.  —  Obliged  to  stay  with  his  famine-stricken  country- 
men. —  An  incident.  —  An  English  lord  applies  to  Capt.  Forbes  for  relief.  —  The 
Captain's  reply. — Good  by  to  old  Ireland.  —  Pas.sing  Spike  Island.  —  The  Royal 
Marines  give  three  cheers. — The  American  tiag  makes  response.  —  Admiral 
Pigot  and  the  "  Zephyr."  —  "  Keep  her  as  long  as  lier  coal  lasts."  —  Man  overboard. 
Lost!  —  The  "Macedonian."  —  The  cost  of  the  voyage.  —  Report  of  the  Relief 
Committee.  —  Receipts  and  expenses  of  tlie  voyage. 


A    SKETCH 


HISTORY  OF  THE  JAMESTOWN  VOYAGE. 


On  the  twenty-second  day  of  February,  1847,  certain  mer- 
chants of  Boston  forwarded  to  the  Hon.  R.  C.  Winthrop  a 
petition  asking  Congress  to  loan  a  United  States  ship  to  carry 
to  Irehmd  a  cargo  of  supplies  for  the  famine-stricken  people  of 
Ireland.  On  the  third  of  March,  the  hist  stormy  day  of  the 
session,  Congress  passed  a  joint  resolution  granting  the  loan  of 
the  frigate  "  ^Nlticedonian  "'  to  Capt.  Geo.  C.  DeKay,  of  New 
York,  and  the  sloop-of-war  ''Jamestown"  to  myself,  as  I  hap- 
pened to  have  headed  the  said  petition,  and  the  Hon.  J.  T. 
Mason,  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  at  once  sent  an  order  to  Com. 
F.  A.  Parker,  commandant  of  the  Navy  Yard  at  Charlestown, 
to  prepare  the  "Jamestown"  by  the  removal  of  her  armament. 

The  order  came  on  the  eleventh  of  March,  and  on  St.  Pat- 
rick's Day,  the  seventeenth,  the  Laborers'  Aid  Society  stowed 
on  l)oard  about  one  thousand  tons  of  stores  ;  l)y  the  twenty- 
seventh  she  was  full,  say  about  eight  thousand  barrels  in  bulk, 
consisting  of  provisions,  grain,  meal,  clothing,  etc. 

()n  Sunday,  the  twenty-eighth,  at  8.30  a.  m.,  the  fasts  were 
cast  otf,  and  with  a  tine  breeze  at  northwest,  we  started  for 
sea,  accompanied  by  the  tow-boat  "R.  B.  Forbes,"  on  board 
of  which  were  the  Boston  Relief  Committee,  consisting  of 
Hon.  Josiah  Quincy,  Jr.,  chairman,  Thomas  Lee,  J.  Imrersoll 


Bowditch,  James  K.  Mills,  Geo.  W.  Crockett,  and  Hon.  David 
Henshaw. 

In  about  an  hour  the  committee  came  near  and  re(|ue»ted  me 
to  hea\e  to  and  ])ut  out  the  |)ih)t,  Mr.  Phillips,  hut  I  returned 
tor  answer  that  the  tug'  must  come  close  to  the  (|uarter  and  hv. 
would  he  swum:'  on  hoard  with  the  aid  of  the  vang  of  the 
spanker  uatl".  This  was  done  successfully,  and  with  hearty 
cheers  from  the  committee  we  proceeded  on  our  wa>\ 

It  may  he  well  here  to  state  that  my  chief  officer  was  Capt. 
F.  W.  Macondray,  who  had  been  several  years  in  my  employ  ; 
cny  second  officer  was  Capt.  James  Dumaresq  Farw(dl,  wlio  had 
also    been    in   my   employ,    volunteers    without  pay  ;   and    two 

experienced  seamen,  Messrs.  White  and  ,  who  were  under 

pay.  Dr.  Luther  l^arks  went  as  surueon,  and  a  3'oung  man  by 
the  name  of  Sullivan  went  as  passeuiier,  as  an  acknowledgment 
of  his  father's  free  ser\'ices,  as  broker,  in  gathering  together 
the  cargo.  ( )f  active  men  tit  to  go  alott  there  were  thirty-one, 
there  were  two  stewards,  a  cook  and  his  aid,  and  the  lialance,  to 
make  up  the  whole  comi)any  to  forty-nine  all  told,  consisted  of 
se\eral  green  hands  and  se\eral  men  \vho  had  become  cripi)les 
from  frosted  tcet. 

The  ^\up  drew  about  twenty  feel  ot"  water:  the  lower  hold 
was  full  of  cargo  ;  thi^  between  decks,  or  what  is  called  the 
"  l)erth  deck,"  where  the  crew  and  ottiecrs  li\ed  when  she  was 
a  vessel-of-war.  was  also  full  of  cargo,  and  the  gun  deck,  cov- 
ered in  by  ;i  light  "spar  deck.""  was  occupied  by  the  ci'ew  and 
stores,  by  the  launch  and  cutler,  and  by  the  pumps;  my  cabin 
and  dining-room,  with  the  quarters  ("or  the  otlicers,  occu[)ied 
the  after  end  of  this  deck  :  all  the  })orts  were  planked  up  and 
made  tight,  l)ut  as  the  pumps  still  deli\ered  their  water  on  this 
deck  and  much  came  in  thi'ough  the  rudder  casing  or  port,  this 
iiun  deck    was   constantly    wet    and    nucomfortable.      ^Miile   tit- 


Plymouth 

08 

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DuXliUHKDW 

02 

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SCITTUATK 

12 

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Taunton 

10 

00 

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S  WAN'S  K^• 

21 

00 

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Middle  ]>ekkv  04 


Eastham 

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Yarmouth 

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BAKNSTAI'.LK 

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DAKT^rOUTH 

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Rp:hoboth 

82 

Marsh  FKiLT> 

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Bridgwater 

07 

ting  out  the  ship,  the  Rev.  R,  C.  Watcrston  wrote  to  me,  stat- 
ing that  the  records  of  Plymouth  County  showed  that  we 
received  aid  from  Irehmd  in  our  infancy  as  a  nation.  I  quote 
the  following  from  the  records  of  l()7(j  :  — 

''  The  order  and  (Hstribution  of  this  Colony's  contributions 
nnide  by  divers  Christians  in  Ireland,  for  the  relief  of  such  as  are 
impoverished  and  distressed  l)y  the  Indian  wars,  was,  as  respects 
this  Colony,  apportioned  as  followeth  :  —  * 

Appointed  to  distribute  it. 

Leift.  ]Mortou. 

Joseph  WaiTt'ii. 

William  Crow. 
(  Mr.  Josiah  Standish. 
I  William  Paybody. 
r  Major  Cud  worth. 
-  Coruette  .Studsou. 
(  Edward  Jenkins. 

^VilIiam  llarvey. 

.lames  Walker. 

John  I'ichmond. 
<  ]Mr.  Brown. 
I  .Tolm  I3utterworth. 
(  Francis  Comlje. 
]  Isacke  Howard. 

('apt.  Freeman. 

^[r.  .John  Thacher. 
^  .Mr.  Hiickens. 
i  Barnabas  Laythrop. 

.lohn  Cooke. 

•John  Smith. 

John  Kussell. 
/  ]\Ir.  JSathaniel  Paine. 
-^Lieft.  Hunt. 
( :Mr.  Daniell  Smith. 
(  Ensigne  Fames. 
(  Anthony  Snow. 

Elder  l^rett. 

Deacon  AVillis. 

jSIr.  Samuel  Edson." 


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*  The  amount,  according  to  Morton's  "  New  England  Memorial,"  edited  by 
Judge  Davis,  pages  450-61,  was  £124  10s.,  made  to  fourteen  towns  on  the 
Cape. 


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To  borrow  the  words  of  Mr.  W^iterston,  1  (juoU'  :  "  It  is  an 
interesting  fact  that  the  {people  of  Ireland,  nearly  two  hundred 
years  airo,  thus  sent  relief  to  our  Pilarini  Fathers  in  the  time 
of  their  need,  and  what  we  have  been  doing  for  that  famishing 
country  is  but  a  return  for  what  their  fathers  did  t"or  our 
fathers  ;  and  the  whole  circumstances  prove  a  verification  of 
the  Scripture,  '  C-ast  thy  bread  upon  the  waters,  for  thou  shalt 
find  it  after  many  days.'"  In  making  this  Scriptural  quotation, 
Mr.  ^^'aterston  goes  on  to  say  :  "  I  consider  the  mission  of  the 
'Jamestown'  as  one  of  the  grandest  events  in  the  history  of  our 
country.  A  ship-of-war  changed  into  an  angel  of  mercy,  de- 
parting on  no  errand  of  death,  but  with  the  bread  of  life  to  an 
unfortunate  and  perishing  }ieople.  She  carries  with  her  the 
l)est  wishes  of  millions,  and  it  seemed  as  if  Heaven  smiled  u[)on 
you  in  your  speedy  passage  out  and  your  safe  return."  It  \\\\\ 
readily  be  seen  that  these  good  and  grateful  words  were  not 
uttered  until  the  voyage  was  ended. 

In  allusion  to  what  the  reverend  friend  had  said,  I  remark',  in 
the  introduction  to  the  history  of  the  voyage  of  the  "Jamestown," 
that  I  was  very  grateful  to  him  for  so  successfully  enabling  me 
to  weigh  anchor,  and  complete  the  report  to  the  Relief  Com- 
mittee. 

The  amount  of  the  contributions  of  Irishmen  in  l(i76,  at  com- 
pound interest,  would  be  so  large  that  I  dare  not  say  liow 
much  we  should  still  be  indebted  after  all  New  England  has 
done  and  is  doing. 

The  amount  would  be  over  $200,000.  Let  us  hope  to  pay  it 
off,  still  leaving  us  nnicli  in  debt  to  Ireland;  we  have  planted 
in  the  Irish  heart  a  debt  which  wdl  come  back  to  us  in  the 
future,  bearing  fruit  crowned  with  peace  and  good-will. 

After  this  preface,  I  will  go  on  and  give  such  particulars  of 
the  voyage  as    may    be    of  interest  to   the   present  generation. 


After  taking  leave  of  the  Relief  Committee  off  Boston  Light,  we 
were  favored  by  a  good  run  clear  of  George's  Shoals  and  clear  of 
the  Banks,  until,  on  the  twelfth  of  April,  fifteen  days  and  three 
hours  from  home,  we  cast  anchor  in  the  outer  hai'hor  of  what 
has  since  been  known  as  Queenstown.  We  soon  received  a 
visit  from  Lieut. -Commander  Trotheral,  of  Fler  Majesty's  ship 
"Crocodile,"  conveying  a  message  of  welcome  from  Rear  Admiral 
Sir  Hugh  Pigot,  and  an  assurance  that  e\erything  would  be 
done  to  expedite  the  delivery  of  our  cargo  and  to  prepare  the 
ship  for  her  return  to  the  L^nited  States.  Early  the  following 
day  the  "  Sabrina,"  Capt.  Parker,  a  passenger  steamer,  came 
along,  took  us  in  tow,  and  carried  us  to  the  government  store- 
houses at  Haulbowline :  Ijefore  the  ship  was  fairl}-  moored, 
there  came  a  deputation  from  the  citizens  of  Cove  of  Cork, 
who  had  previously  sent  on  l)oard  a  band  of  nuisic.  On  the 
thirteenth  the  town  was  illuminated ;  on  the  fourteenth  the 
cargo  was  being  discharged,  and  I  proceeded  to  Cork,  in  com- 
pany with  Father  jNIathew,  and  was  introduced  to  the  collcctt)r 
and  other  officials  on  the  fifteenth  ;  a  ])an(]uet  was  given  by  the 
citizens  of  Cove  in  honor  of  myself  and  my  oflicers,  and  on 
the  sixteenth  I  was  entertained  b}'  a  dinner  on  board  of  the 
"Crocodile."  On  the  nineteenth  I  met  the  Tem})erance  Listi- 
tute  at  Cork,  at  the  head  of  which  Father  JNIathew  presided  : 
many  were  the  kind  words  spoken  on  this  occasion,  and  a 
nund)er  of  short  poems  were  presented  by  the  ladies  present  ; 
among  others  one  came  from  Jose})h  Hamilton,  Esq.,  of  Dul)lin. 

Considering  that  we  were  at  Cork  only  nine  days,  it  is  a 
wonder  that  the  spirit  of  song  and  poetry  should  have  been 
awaken(Ml  at  all. 

On  the  twenty-first  of  April,  tirenti/-four  dcnjs  onJij  from 
Jeavlmj  Boston,  1  was  "at  home"  from  twelve  to  three  to  the 
residents  of  Cork  and  Cove,  and  I  entertained  se\'eral  hundred 


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by  music  tVom  Fiitlier  -Mathew's  Teinpenincc  Baiul,  and  by  n 
haiTol  of  A^^dsll  best  shi[)-l>rcad,  flanked  by  a  lari;e  piece  of  ice 
from  Fresh  Pond,  which  I  declared  was  manufactured  cxpre^dfj 
for  the 2nirj)osc  on  Ihe  twenty-tifth  of  March.  I  u-axc  also  <;ood 
lemonade,  and  a  very  small  sample  of  Mrs.  Mayer's  iiard  uinger- 
bread  :  but  it  nuist  be  owned  that  the  best  part  of  the  {)icnic 
was  furnished  by  the  ladies,  who  danced  with  the  red-coats 
and  the  blue-coats  on  the  deck  of  the  ship. 

On  the  twentieth  of  April  I  visited  various  otHcials,  to  take 
leave.  ()n  the  twenty-second  I  went  to  Cork  and  made  tinal 
arrano'ements  with  my  kind  friend  and  ao^ent,  Mr.  William 
Ivathbone,  of  Liverpool,  for  the  distribution  of  my  cargo  and 
other  cargoes  coming  to  my  consignment. 

\\diile  at  Cork,  Mr.  John  ( )'(Jonnor  [)resented  to  me  a  i)or- 
trait  of  Father  Matliew,  and  an  engraving  of  a  tower  erected 
to  the  memory  of  that  good  man,  whom  I  invited  to  come 
with  me  to  Boston,  but  he  was  ol)liged  to  decline,  not  wishing 
to  lea\e  his  fann'ne-stricken  countrymen. 

My  agents  at  Cork  wer(>  Messrs.  X.  iVc  I.  Cummins,  and  at 
Cove,  Messrs.  James  Scott  iS!:  Co.,  to  whom  I  was  much 
indebted  for  many  acts  of  kindness  and  for  free  work  in  aid 
of  my   mission.      Among   the   incidents   of  my  stay  at  Cork,  I 

might    mention   the    ai)plication    of  Lord  for    relief;   but 

ou  being  asked  to  visit  a  line  yacht  that  he  was  building,  I 
concluded  that  I  miiiht  tind  better  objects  on  whom  to  lodo^e 
any  })art  of  my  cargo. 

Finally,  on  the  twenty-second  ot"  April,  at  o.oO  r.  .m.,  we 
left  Cove  in  tow  of  Her  Majesty's  steamshi[)  "  Ze{)hyr."  On 
passing  Spike  Lsland,  where  the  Loyal  Marines,  under  Lieut. - 
Col.  Cor3'ton,  were  stationed,  we  were  much  gratified  ]»y  seeinu: 
the  whole  cori)s  drawn  u[)  under  arms,  and  as  we  passed,  they 
gave  three  cheers  in  a  style   never  before  ex[)erienccd  by   me. 


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York  to  SCO  how  this  could  be  done.  It  was  detcniiiiied  to  put 
into  lier  al)out  five  thousand  barrels,  and  the  l^ev.  Father 
Taylor  to  iz'o  out  in  her  in  charge  ot"  the  I)ill  of  lading".  This 
was  done,  and  some  time  in  June  this  cargo  was  landed  at 
the  Co\e  of  C'orl;,  and  Caj)!.  DeKay  went  to  Scotland  and 
landed  his  original  two  thousand  live  hundred  l)arrels,  returning 
to  New  York  in  October. 

The  cost  of  the  "Macedonian's"  voyage  was  such  that  Caj)t. 
DeKay  went  to  Congress  for  relief,  and  procured  a  grant  of 
moncN'  to  help  out  his  expenses;  but  he  saci'iticed  nuich  in  the 
good  cause,  and  died  not  long  after  his  return. 

The  report  of  the  Relief  Committee  gives  the  following  tig- 
ures,  receipts  being,  — 

From  Massachusetts >;115,()41    DC 

Maine 9,881   03 


New  IIam[)shire 
Veiinont  . 
Rhode  Island    . 
Connecticut 
Indiana    . 
Wisconsin 
Illinois 
Arkansas 


18,401   38 

4,371   02 

1,030  .50 

1,068  00 

223  in 

2i(;  -2') 

20   00 

153   75 

>;l.')0,407  0.') 


Nearly  $122,000  of  this  sum  was  received  in  cash.  The  city 
of  Boston  gave  $51, (»41. 19  in  cash  and  .$521.75  in  pr(nisions  ; 
total,  $52,162.94.  Other  Massachusetts  towns  gave  $63,479.02. 
The  committee  forwarded  the  contributions  by  the  foUowing 
vessels  : — 


i;^ 


Steamer  "  Caiiibriji '"  to  Liverpool 
United  States  ship  "  Juniestown  "  to  Coik 
Bark  "Tartar"  for  Cork     . 
Ship  "  Morea  "  tor  Glasgow 
Ship  ''  Kehancc  "  for  Cork  . 
United  States  sliip  "  Macedonian  "  for  Cork 
Ship  "Mary  Ann  "'  for  Liverpool 
Bahmce  remitted  by  steamer 


$1,085  00 
40,018  80 
29,752  23 
23, HOD  I»5 
27,1)46  37 
23,840  94 
181  13 
4,872  63 

$151,307  05 


Railroads  brought  freight  free,  Bancroft  trucked  goods  free, 
wharfage  free,  and  the  principal  papers  advertised  free;  market 
men  gave  tons  of  food  ;   Hittinger  s^ave  ice. 


14 
The  account  of  tlio  voyage  was  as  liei'e  stated  :  — 

J.  I.  RowDiTCir,  7'refjsifrer,  in  (iccounf  iri(]t  \{.  B.   FonuKS. 
1847. 
June  l"i.      To  cash  paid  for 


Provisions 
Wages  of  crew   . 
Lining  water-tanks 
Coopering  cargo 
Ship-chandlerv  . 
Sundry  expenses 
Paid    female    emplov 


nient,    etc.,    at    Cork, 


£40,  and  handed  to  J.  Scott,  at  Cork,  £00, 


$703  35 

1,()75  00 

60  31 

14  78 

44  73 

34  25 

457  64 

$2,990  06 


Api'il 
flune 


1.S47. 

March  23.     Keceived  of  Treasurei- 

'I(\.      Received  of  Treasurer 

5.      Peceived  of  Treasurer 

14.      Peceived  of  Treasurer 

Passengers  from  Cork 

PaUast   sold    . 

Donation  from  S.  V.  Phillips 
Donation  iVom  O.  CTO()dwin 


Errors  excepted. 


$800 

00 

664 

90 

1,180 

19 

20 

16 

107 

61 

150 

00 

•1  o 

()0 

33 

60 

$2,990 

06 

P.    B.    FORBES. 


1.5 

Boston,  June  14,  1847. 
Memorandum  of  the  expenses  of  the  voyage. 

Provisions $703  3.5 

Wages 1,675  00 

Chandlery 44  73 

Disbursement-^  .......  34  25 


Cij. 

2  passengers $107  61 

Ballast  sold 1.50  00 

2  men's  ^rages  found           ...  67  20 
I'jili  of  provisions  returned   Winches- 
ter       421  00 


!,457  .33 


745  81 


$1,711   52 


And  contributed  by  the  Boston  churches  on  the 

day  of  sailing     ......         $3,076  64 

Charges    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  1,711   52 


Balance  .  ....        $1,365   12 

This  I'epresents  the  amount  of  credit  to  committee,  showing 
that  nofJiiiKi  vas.  paid  on/,  and  this  amount  was  procured,  over 
ex)~)onses. 

K.    n.    F0KBE8. 


BOSTON  COLLEGE 


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